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[purplexing]

You're conversing with Donatello-

Juuuust not this exact second. Please rank your call by number of priority and I'll get back to you accordingly.

1 - A technical emergency

2 - General inquiry

3 - Miscellaneous

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[purplexing]

[So begins the usual routine, dragging himself out of bed, having slept well in because what is a normal sleep schedule? He's halfway through his cup of coffee when he finally gets out of the kitchen and sees the things there, drifting over, brows furrowed in suspicion.

Donnie settles on the floor by the coffee table, putting his mug down to pick up the big book and the note, a knowing half-smile tugging at his mouth because who else ever calls him by his full name around here?

He finally has a better look at the book itself, brows lifting at the title before he glances over the summary with a thoughtful hum. This is totally going to feed into his mad exploration of divergent timelines and probably spawn many more sleepless nights, but he's not thinking about that right now. Needless to say, the book and its subject look very intriguing indeed, and Donnie is pleasantly surprised. He tucks the note between the first pages before setting the book down to pick up his phone to shoot off a text.]

See, you're not so bad at this after all.

[levelshift]

[It was kind of a pain finding a book that Donnie either hasn't read yet or has read and would want a copy of to reread, but he figured this works well enough given the whole multiverse situation. He's also working on a budget, since he doesn't have access to his Academy City bank account.

Not that he's mentioning any of that. Of course not. This being Accelerator, he's going to downplay any and all effort he put into finding the gift.]

Whatever. It's just a book.

[purplexing]

[Donnie makes himself cozy, wedging himself into a corner of the couch before cracking open the book, making sure only his eyes are visible over it as he snaps a selfie to send over to Accelerator.]

Not -just- a book. There are literally billions of books in the world so even condensing a list of subjects and titles to choose from is in itself a feat. You could have just picked anything listed a best seller and called it a night.

[levelshift]

[This is the sound of Accelerator hand smacking his forehead.]

Shit, you couldn't exaggerate any harder.

[purplexing]

Who's exaggerating! I was being completely serious.

[levelshift]

Then you're being fucking ridiculous.

[Can he just say 'You're welcome' and leave it at that? Oh god, why is gift-giving physically painful.]

Nevermind. It's yours now, I've got no right to say anything. I'm going to take a nap.

[purplexing]

[Oh Accy. Donnie shakes his head as he reads the text. He takes a moment before his next/last response comes, but it's not even a text but a picture of a note he quickly pens.]

𝒯𝒽𝒶𝓃𝓀 𝓎ℴ𝓊, 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓂𝓊𝒸𝒽 𝒶𝓅𝓅𝓇ℯ𝒸𝒾𝒶𝓉ℯ𝒹.

[levelshift]

[Accelerator gets the pictures and just sighs. This is teasing, this has to be teasing.

(He is, however, kind of glad the book wasn't completely off the mark.)]